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BROBDINGNAGIAN
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Unusually great in size or amount or degree or especially extent or scope
Example:
the vast accumulation of knowledge...which we call civilization
Synonyms:
Brobdingnagian; huge; immense; vast
Classified under:
Similar:
big; large (above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Huge; relating to or characteristic of the imaginary country of Brobdingnag
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
Brobdingnag (a land imagined by Jonathan Swift where everything was enormous)
Derivation:
Brobdingnag (a land imagined by Jonathan Swift where everything was enormous)
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